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Hi folks, I recently found this Pleistocene mammal bone in an alluvial deposit midway up a cliff. Part had broken off when I found it, but I was able to collect all the pieces of what appears to be a Megalonyx femur. My stumbling block now is that I have zero prep experience and this is obviously a pretty good find so I don't want to mess it up... I had been reading up on the posts here about prepping and was waffling between paleobond or butvar to consolidate it and then paleobond to repair the breaks. I am also leaning towards having someone with more experience/a professional do the prep work but don't know what that would cost me and the logistics of it (it is located in Santa Barbara County, CA). Does anyone have some suggestions or advice on the best course of action at this point? Thanks!

Back in December, I found a really nice Paramylodon harlani claw in the Peace River. described in this thread. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/120010-a-fantastic-christmas-present/&tab=comments#comment-1316237 In March, I found another Sloth Claw in a different location that had produced some late Pliocene, early Pleistocene fossils. In the month before I found this claw , I found 2 sloth teeth, identified as P. harlani. I made a foolish assumption that the claw was also P. harlani because that was a likely species in that location. Fast forward to last night. I was at a fossil club meeting showing the 2 claws to the resident Identification expert , Louis Steiffel, who stated in no uncertain terms that these 2 claws came from different species. And told me a couple of things I did not know about sloths... This is the December tooth.. It is from P. harlani and is a claw from a back foot because it is straight!! It also has a slight lean from right to left and would thus he on the right rear foot. This is the claw from March. It leans from left to right, has a pronounced curve so would be on the left front foot! And it is not Paramylodon harlani. Searched the internet, Sent the photos and an email request to Richard Hulbert, who promptly answered. It is more likely Leptostomas because Megalonyx curvidens existed in the middle miocene with different fauna than I find in these layers, and Megalonyx wheatleyi was larger and a transition to M. jeffersoni. A photo to help on the width difference between to similar length claws. On the left the width is 18.6 mm and on the right width is 12.3 mm. When I learn new things, I like to document them for other fossil hunters, Jack

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had any of these fossils they’d trade? - Eremotherium, I’m mainly looking for partial teeth, but I’d be open to more complete ones also. - Megalonyx. I’m looking for colorful teeth from this species, larger teeth (2 1/2”+), or Caniniform. - Paramylodon. Would love some larger (2 1/2”+) and/or colorful teeth of this species. I would also be interested in claws or the rarer species of sloth (I.e; Glossotherium, Megatherium, etc.), but I don’t know I could give enough value to get one of those. It highly depends on what you’d want in return, but I’ve got a of shark teeth, some dinosaur bones, some invertebrates, and will most likely have some nice fish soon.